Arsenal host Southampton on Sunday at the Emirates - and the choice of officials for the Premier League clash will not go down too well with Arsene Wenger.

Andre Marriner will be the man in charge of the contest. It will be the fourth time this season he has taken charge of an Arsenal game, they have lost the previous three.

And in two of those defeats, Wenger was left far from happy with Marriner due to the decisions which went against his side,

At Stoke, where Arsenal were beaten 1-0 in August, Alexandre Lacazette had a goal ruled out by the officials, while Hector Bellerin was denied what looked like a clear penalty.

After the game, Wenger blasted: ”I believe it is the kind of night when you are angry because not only do you not score with a number of chances, but we make stupid mistakes by not defending properly on the goal and on top of that some of the decisions by the referee."

On the disallowed goal and the penalty decision, he added: "One hundred per cent. I have just watched it, it is not offside. Even his foot wasn't offside and we know we don't get penalties, we know that."

Referee Andre Marriner. (Image: Dean Mouhtaropoulos/Getty Images)

Marriner then took charge of Arsenal’s home game against Manchester United in December, which saw the visitors run out 3-1 winners.

It was another game where Wenger was left feeling hard done by over some penalty decisions which went against them.

The last Arsenal match that saw Marriner in the middle was the 3-0 defeat by Manchester City last month.

But it’s the appointment of the fourth official that could make Sunday’s meeting with Southampton all the more memorable. That is because Mike Dean will be the man patrolling the technical area at the Emirates.

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It will be the first time Wenger has come face to face with Dean following the controversial 1-1 draw at West Brom on New Year’s Eve, when the Baggies were awarded a late penalty after Calum Chambers was adjudged to have handled in the box.

The decision left Wenger incensed and he launched into a tirade at Dean after the game that saw him hit by a three-game touchline ban by the Football Association.

A report conducted by the FA included written testimony from Dean about the incident, who said: "As we've entered the dressing room after the game Mr Wenger stood behind us in the doorway and told the West Brom steward to 'let him in'.